Shoe shopping ueber alles

So what if Condi ignores a world crisis so she can enjoy her shopping spree? She's only doing what she larn't from her boss. Remember August, 2001, when Dubya relaxed in Crawford while al Qaeda was ramping up for 9/11? Remember "bin Laden determined to attack in the US" at the top of the list of concerns in the August 6 PDB? Remember "hair on fire" meets "OK, now you've covered your ass"? Cut the slacker some slack!

Think Progress » Rice refuses to ‘interrupt her holidays’ to deal with Georgian conflict.

When she should be traveling abroad to work with allies to deal with the ongoing fallout from Russia’s invasion of Georgia, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has instead been “noticeably absent.” AFP reports she is busy with other plans:

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has also been noticeably absent on the diplomatic scene, having failed to interrupt her holidays to fly to Tbilisi in support of the Georgian government.

Instead senior State Department official, Matthew Bryza, who oversees the Caucasus region was sent, two days later than planned, to join a joint EU-US mediation effort to win a ceasefire.

State Department spokesman Robert Wood said Rice made more than 90 calls this weekend to discuss the situation in Georgia.

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